Capacitor temperature test

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JehanKhan

Joined Oct 24, 2011
12
Hello All and Good morning
I am trying to test the Electrolytic Capacitor temperature rise and then measure it with a IR camera. what i did is used to MOSFET with 50% duty cycle and connected to the inductor with the capacitor as a filtering capacitor and a load resistance to draw some amps of current. The peak triangular current i got about 3amps. For small capacitors it works better but i did not succeeded with a 330uf capacitor.
And i am thinking to do it with only MOSFET so that i can put as much stress as i can to generate a pulsating current in order to make the capacitor warm. I need advise about this idea. If i should do it? and if i can get some suggestions that would be great.

Thanks in advance
 

DickCappels

Joined Aug 21, 2008
10,153
If you only use a MOSFET, what will keep the capacitor from charging up to a peak voltage and staying at that voltage? If the voltage across the capacitor doesn't change, there won't be any current to heat it up.
 

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JehanKhan

Joined Oct 24, 2011
12
If you only use a MOSFET, what will keep the capacitor from charging up to a peak voltage and staying at that voltage? If the voltage across the capacitor doesn't change, there won't be any current to heat it up.
Yes you are right i put a resistor in parallel to it to discharge the capacitor. and it worked :)
thanks for the response anyway. cheers
 
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